There are some positive signs that Israel’s new government is regaining the self-respect that previous governments jettisoned to curry favor
Some 2,200 years ago, a small band of righteous men led an armed rebellion that ultimately overpowered a mighty empire and enabled a beleaguered Jewish nation to win a respite from foreign domination.
Before the Hasmoneans could take up arms and fight, they first had to gird themselves with the moral armor that came from the belief in the righteousness of their cause and that they were upholding G-d’s will and defending His land.
Had the recently defeated government of Israel lasted even a few more months, they might have succeeded in their efforts to uproot the story of the Maccabean rebellion from the public school curriculum. Lighting candles is still cool, but fighting a religious war has become politically incorrect.
Someone ought to tell that to our enemies.
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